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Crime
Man Convicted Of
Police Need Help
To Solve Murder
Killing 9-Year-Old Gets
Of Tampa Man
Death Sentence
Police are seeking the help of the public to solve the mur- der of a young Tampa man. The injured man was found in the bushes. He was trans- ported to Tampa General Hos- pital, where he died as a result of his injuries.
The case has been classi- fied as a murder and detec- tives with the Tampa Police Department are asking the public to provide information to solve the case.
Detectives have identified the victim as 24-year-old Jo- evann Feliciano-Santiago. Feliciano-Santiago was dis- covered in the bushes near N. 22nd Street and E. Fowler Av- enue, on September 19th, close to the railroad tracks. The area is often frequented by tran- sients, police said.
Police have not released
JOEVANN FELICIANO- SANTIAGO
the type of injuries the young man suffered.
Anyone with information about the murder is asked to contact the Tampa Police De- partment at (813) 231-6130, or Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay at 1-800-873-TIPS. Crime Stoppers can be reached on- line at www.crimestopper- stb.com.
BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor
Last Wednesday, a jury took less than 5 hours to find a Tampa man guilty of raping and killing a 9-year-old girl. On Friday, all 12 jurors de- cided he should receive the death penalty for the crime.
Prior to his case going to trial two weeks ago, Granville Ritchie sat be- hind bars for 5 years. He was arrested after the body of Felecia Nichole Williams was discovered in the waters off the Courtney Campbell Causeway.
Ritchie had picked up Ms. Eboni Wiley and the little girl and taken them to an apartment in Temple Ter- race on May 16, 2014. Ms. Wiley testified that she left the child with Ritchie for about 35 minutes. When she returned, Ritchie told her he had given Felecia money to buy candy at a nearby CVS Store. The child’s body was found the following day.
The Temple Terrace Po- lice Department investigated the disappearance and subse- quent murder of the child.
Ritchie, now 40, was ar- rested and charged with first- degree murder, sexual battery, and aggravated child abuse, among other charges.
During an interview with the Temple Terrace Police Department, Ms. Wiley gave different accounts of what happened to the child.
In one interview, she told police she left Felecia with Ritchie for about 35 min- utes while she went to buy
FELECIA WILLIAMS
marijuana. She further stated that Ritchie called her and allegedly said he had given the child some money to buy candy from a CVS.
She reportedly drove to the store, but returned to the apartment upon Ritchie’s request. She told police they consumed alcohol and had sex before Ritchie took her home.
Several hours passed be- fore she contacted Felecia’s
GRANVILLE RITCHIE
family to notify them that the child was missing. She was arrested and charged with providing false information to police during a missing person investigation.
Ritchie allegedly told po- lice that Felecia disap- peared during a 45-minute time frame while he and Ms. Wiley were having sex. He said Ms. Wiley briefly looked for the child before he took her home.
Man Charged With Stalking In Incident With 15-Year-Old
Police have arrested a 55- year-old Winter Haven man and charged him with stalking. The man matched the descrip- tion of a person who tried to get a 15-year-old in his van last week.
According to police, the in- cident took place last Thurs- day afternoon. The victim was walking along Lake Elbert Dr. NE, near 10th Street, NE, when a man in a white van asked her if she wanted a ride. The teenager ignored the man and he continued to follow her ask- ing several time about giving her a ride. At one point, he pulled the van in front of her, stopped, and told her to get into the van.
There were two other peo- ple in the area who witnessed the incident. They told the teenager not to get in the van. The man then left.
The witnesses gave police a description of the suspect and the vehicle. They also pro-
vided a pos- sible license plate num- ber.
Shortly before 4 a.m., Satur- day, an offi- cer OGLETREE observed a van match- ing the de- scription of the van involved in the incident. He made contact with the driver, identified as Randall Ogletree. The offi- cer discovered that Ogletree was driving with an expired li- cense and that there was an ac- tive warrant for failure to appear in court. Ogletree was taken into custody, police said. Ogletree reportedly ad- mitted to detectives that he of- fered a female a ride that day. He further stated he thought the teenager was an adult coming from Polk State Col-
lege.
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